LA RIOTS 30TH ANNIVERSARY: Lifelong Los Angeles resident recounts what she witnessed as a child
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On the 30th anniversary of the Rodney King riots that shook America in 1992, Fox News asked Triawna Wood, a lifelong Los Angeles resident, for her thoughts and insights.
Wood was four and a half years old and living with her family in the Jordan Downs projects in the Watts neighborhood when the riots erupted. Today, she is a married Army veteran who homeschools her three children.
What follows is a Q&A that has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. We strongly encourage you to watch the accompanying video so you may hear Wood in her own words.
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